China takes control of Zim economy

Old article, but applicable. If ZANUPF remains in power, China will own the entire Zim economy in 5 years. Strangely, that may improve the lot for Zimbabwe somewhat over what they have today with ZANUPF running the economy.

No Hope.Africa is destroyed and will never ever recover in “A Thousand Years” and more.

It takes a fool not to see that our country is now a province of China.We only need it to be formalised and allow them to invest without fear.how about teaching Chinese in our Schools

A common form of political corruption is financial contributions for electioneering by wealthy citizens, multi-national companies or “friendly” countries. Here, even if the contributions may be legal and do not constitute a quid pro quo, they tend to destroy the confidence of the people because ordinary citizens see their leaders as unscrupulous people who are prepared to mortgage their country in order to remain in power.
For example, in some developed countries quite often wealthy tycoons sponsor particular presidential candidates in order to protect their business interests. And in some African countries the incumbent ruling party uses state resources, such as money from the treasury, the civil service, police, army, and government vehicles to run its election campaign. It is also common that former colonial powers or multinational companies assist some preferred leaders financially or militarily or both so that they can get into or remain in power. This is done in the hope that the sponsors will be given preferential treatment to exploit the natural resources of the country.
In recent times, political corruption has manifested itself in the form of electoral fraud. It has become so rampant that nearly every election held the world over is tainted with vote-rigging in the form of excluding some eligible voters from voting, manipulating the voter’s register or the counting system. With the availability of computer technology which can be used to manipulate data, it is possible to either increase or decrease the votes for the rival candidates so as to predetermine the outcome of the election results.
Similarly, digital technology has now made it possible for a new type of political corruption -that of information hacking in which computer information, e-mails, telephone or mobile phone conversations are secretly obtained from someone who is perceived to be a political enemy or a friend who cannot be fully trusted. The recent mobile phone tapping of the German Chancellor, the French and Brazilian Presidents by the USA is a typical example of how illegal information gathering occurs on a grand scale.
In countries where there are despotic regimes, the bugging of ordinary citizens’ conversations, political opponents and other people who are considered to be a ‘security risk’ is omnipresent. Ordinary people are always looking over the shoulder to see who is eaves-dropping. The result is that there is unbridled fear of the ‘Big Brother’ who is constantly watching you. This alienates the intelligentsia such as judges, lawyers, teachers, students, trade unionists, journalists, parliamentarians, business people and others who find it difficult to perform their duties freely.
To illustrate what I am saying, I want you to ask yourself these basic questions: “Do I suspect that my mobile calls have been secretly listened to by authorities”? “Do I feel that my computer information may have been pried into”? “Am I sure that no one is surreptitiously monitoring my private affairs”? If you suspect that your activities may have been clandestinely observed, then you probably understand the danger to which many people are exposed as a result of their living in societies where human rights are constantly violated by those in power who fear their own people.
An even more serious form of political corruption is ‘patronage’, which refers to favouring political supporters as opposed to the inclusion of members of the opposition. Where this occurs, the ruling party appoints top officials to its administration, such as permanent and deputy secretaries, mayors, judges, university vice chancellors, directors and so on from its own supporters. Quite often, the officials are selected not on merit but for their loyalty and as a way of rewarding them for supporting the regime.
Patronage may also come about in different forms, such as appointing people to influential positions from a particular group of people, class, tribe or gender. For example, in many Arab countries it depends on whether you are a Sunni or Shiite and generally women are excluded from holding public office. In Europe and North America it depends on the class to which you belong, such as the bourgeois, middle or working class. And in many African, Asian and South American countries where parliamentary democracy is relatively young, patronage takes the form of favouring the tribe, race or caste from which the ruling party draws its support base. The end result of this form of corruption is that the government is blotted with officials who are not necessarily competent but are officials whose trump card is their tribal or social grouping rather than their ability.
Political corruption can also take the form of ‘nepotism’, which is the favouring of relatives for certain positions in government or for awarding big tenders. I want you to do a simple audit of the number of people that you know who occupy senior positions because they are related to someone high up in the government. Also think about the tenders that are awarded to people who are well connected.

BossMyAss you talk to much and it’s what your Chink comrades love for their lands – excrement! About sanctions, they are only on Mugarbage, Dis=grace and their enablers! Not on Zimbabwe, so the ZingZongs didn’t help anyone under sanctions except the Commander in Chief for Muggery himself!